Georgia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:GEO
Npcname:Georgian Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2016
Flagcaption:Flag of Georgia
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:5
Sports:5
Rank:60
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2008
See also: (1988)

Georgia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

See main article: Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1] [2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Individual

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Powerlifting

See main article: article and Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: article and Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Women
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/
OppositionResultRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Irma KhetsurianiIndividual Foil BL 2-5align=center rowspan=54 Q
L 5-15
Did not advance
L 3-5
L 0-5
W 5-4
W 5-2

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paralympics categories explained . . 3 September 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  2. News: Making sense of the categories . . 6 October 2000 . 25 December 2015.
  3. News: A-Z of Paralympic classification . . 28 August 2008 . 25 December 2015.